When Real Video Looks Fake: Japan's AI Perception Inversion

A viral Japanese post reveals that younger audiences are now assuming real footage is AI-generated — a perceptual shift with implications for trust, media, and verification.

In a telling sign of how deeply AI-generated media has warped perception, @ashunsuke shared that young Japanese viewers assumed a real, professionally shot commercial was AI-generated fake footage. "リアルに撮影したCMですよ" — "It's a CM that was actually filmed," the poster clarified.

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